Revisiting an Uighur love story, derailed by China
An Australian citizen fights for her husband’s release from ‘baseless’ detention in China.
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An Australian citizen fights for her husband’s release from ‘baseless’ detention in China.
As Uyghurs grapple with the emotional trauma of their families suffering back in Xinjiang, some are overcoming a cultural stigma to seek out counseling.
One after another they took the witness stand, and in soft voices described what they endured in the camps China has built to incarcerate its Muslim citizens. A report from the tribunal that convened in London to decide one question: Is genocide being perpetrated against the Uyghur people?
Alongside the system of extra-legal detention, experts say there is a separate program that involves the lengthy imprisonment of Uyghurs for alleged crimes including terrorism, separatism and inciting ethnic hatred.
Mehray Mezensof and Mirzat Taher have been married for almost five years but have been together for only 14 months of that time.